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Camping America - One State at a time...: Keeping Warm In The Winter Efficiently

Friday, December 10, 2010

Keeping Warm In The Winter Efficiently

Right now we are camping in the warmest place in the country, and still the nights are in the 30's.  South Florida is supposed to be in the 60's - 70's this time of year, so I can't even imagine how cold the rest of the country must be.

Keeping warm in a camper can be very expensive if using the propane furnace.  That furnace will eat through a bottle or two of propane in no time flat.  I have found that compensating with a ceramic space heater can help save your fuel for when you really need it.

I bought 2 of these space heaters to assist in heating my 35' 5th wheel.  This space heater has a self adjusting thermostat causing the unit to only kick on when more heat is needed.  If you set your propane furnace for 65 degrees and then set these up on the higher side, this will cause the furnace to only kick on if the temp drops below 65 in your camper.  This probably will not happen due to the ceramic heaters get hotter than they look for the size.

Keep warm and see you down the road.

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